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I remember Ducks Garage well - Clifford Duck had three children Sylvia - Peter and Christine and I went to York aroad School with them and Sylvia was my best friend there. At 11yrs we went to College Rd for a year and then I went to King Edwards Grammar School at Handsworth and Sylvia went to...

My Mom and Dad met at a dance at The College Arms on Christmas Eve 1934 and married at English Martyrs Church in August 1935. I was born at my Grandmothers house at 332 Percy Road Sparkhill in July 1936. My Dad usually drank at The College Arms or The Bear and when I got married in 1957 my...

I enjoyed the programme and it bought back so many memories especially the handmade and painted wooden toys that we had - I kept a handmade wooden Micky Mouse for many years.the only thing I couldn’t recall were the instant gravy granules - I’m sure they appeared well after the war.

I still enjoy tripe and onions and also tinned soft roes on toast!

Hello Dave - I think that the church building in the first picture is Stratford Rd and is just passed Court Road and almost opposite Evelyn Road.

It was City of Birmingham Education Committee and Mr E.L.Russellwas chief education officer.

My late husband Cyril Hayward taught Engineering and retired in 1993 as Vice Principal.

In the 1930's my husband's mother was the cleaner for Westwoods and when my husband was born in 1934 he was called after their son - Cyril!

Sparkhill baths was also used for fatalities of air raids. I remember going there with my Nan when she had to identify a young couple and their two small children who were killed in an air raid just a little further up Stratford Road on the corner of Evelyn Road. They were relations - so sad.

Skiddaw - I was there between 1947 - 1952 and have lovely memories of my years there.

I remember the street party in Formans Rd next to the Mirror Laundry and Mr Barratt wheeling his piano into the street and my cousin June standing in her bedroom window wearing a red white and blue paper dress - she had mumps!

My son lived at Hillfield Cottage until a few years ago. It was built around 1803 and was very near to Hillfield Hall.

We used to get our faggots and peas and gravy from Harleys Pork Butchers in Formans Road Sparhill. Bill Harley used to make them every Tuesday and Friday and you took your own jug or large bowl.they were lovely. I still cook tripe and onions and also stuffed hearts when I can get them.

The Shaftsmoor Pub had a G.O. Which my Dad used and later when my Mom joined him they drank in the large Assembly Room and sat at the same table every Sunday night with a group of friends.

Hi Nigel - I left Mr Carter’s class at York Rd in July 1947 and I spent the following school year at College Rd in Veronica Riley’s class and she was hateful to me. No happy days there for me!

Miss Riley scared me almost as much as Miss Mason!

Very true Nigel

I have a picture of Steven and my daughter Lindsay standing on a garden wall together in Ufton Crescent - my son is Alistair - all the children were around the same age and played together and we all moved into the newly built houses together - Steve and Lindsay were around 12/14 months old when...

I knew Pat from when she was a little girl - we were the same age and we lived next door but one to Pat and David in Shirley and had our children at the same time - David's two lovely aunts lived with them. Bill Harley lived opposite to us. They were wonderfully happy days - all in our early...